torosus

torosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin torus
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin torōsus

    From torus (“muscle, flesh”) + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    torōsus (feminine torōsa, neuter torōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. muscular, brawny, fleshy
      Synonyms: mūsculōsus, lacertōsus
    2. (figuratively) fleshy (e.g., of a plant)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative torōsus torōsa torōsum torōsī torōsae torōsa
    genitive torōsī torōsae torōsī torōsōrum torōsārum torōsōrum
    dative torōsō torōsae torōsō torōsīs
    accusative torōsum torōsam torōsum torōsōs torōsās torōsa
    ablative torōsō torōsā torōsō torōsīs
    vocative torōse torōsa torōsum torōsī torōsae torōsa

    Descendants

    • English: torose
    • Italian: toroso
    • Portuguese: toroso
    • Spanish: toroso

    References

    • “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "torosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “torosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • torosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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